[Chorus: woman singing - repeat 4X]
Take a look in my life and see what I see..
[Yo Gotti]
M-E-M-P-H-I-S
3 - 8 - 1 - 2 - 7
Shady vista, segshaw lane
My ghetto game, where it all started for gotti
Little summin', running around (?) and naughty
Asking for dollars from n***as I a**umed was ballin'
Twelve years old, and talking about flippin' tomorrow
Counting my cheese, think I had 'bout 37 bones
I made up my mind, tomorrow gotti's starting to cone
Bought me a deal, posted up on top of the hill
Throughout these years, i've seen a lot of n***as get k**ed
My life is the truth, i'd rather rap outside a booth
Y'all ain't talking about sh**, i'm 100 proof..
That's what my life like
[Chorus]
[Yo Gotti]
I'm from the projects, jaded in, fence surround
I'm a normal teen black, but these chinks around
'cause they on the corner stores, like how could they afford
Something we can't, they never seen these dollars before
I wrote this here for the government, me and my people sufferin'
Break bread with the immigrants, not word for recipients
Tell me what my benefit, long jazz, fifty cents
Eighty-five percent with no parole in parenthesis
The north memphis president, here to set the record straight
Rob, steal, k**, put some food on your people plates
Going lethal, thrill me, before these people k** me
Gotti's just a spokesman for the north and they gon' feel me
My block consists of.. lost hope
Gangbangers and street-thugs.. plus coke
There's one way in and one way out, take summin'
A cop working; wait for drought, like yo gotti
[Chorus]
[Yo Gotti]
Back in the day, used to cut the five off of twenties
Back in the day, I used to cut the two off of tens
Back in the days, I thought everybody was friends
Back in the day, the hood had me trapped within
Back in the day, used to play "pick up and run"
The sh** was fun, but nowadays we picking up guns
Back in the day, me and my n***as fought with each other
Shared with each other, but nowadays we bust at each other
Trust in each other just like we done sealed-up leather
Never, we're all clever but on different levels
Back in the day, used to play "that's my car"
Back in the days, I never thought i'd make it this far
Back in the day, used to play "catch a girl, get a girl"
Nowadays, n***as let a girl ruin they whole world
Last days, it was existing in the dirty south
Rediculous in the dirty south, come get me out this dirty south
My life like..
[Chorus] - repeat to fade